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Susan, I am so sorry to miss the party today; my youngest DD and her family are arriving in about an hour (last minute decision); we are going to attend an Apple/Popcorn Festival held in a little community up the road from my house. I will check the thread later this afternoon.

So, I'm going to go ahead and post here my project. I really like how it turned out; it's just my cup of tea - teacups and stickpins!

I am having green tea with jasmine today. I haven't make a goodie to go with it yet and my tea box craft is strung across the kitchen counter unfinished, as I am watching Sweet P play with paint! While I was posting an earlier comment, she painted her feet! Fun times!

Oh I LOVE that idea too!!!! How wonderful! I may have to figure that out too and make some for coworkers in my office.

It was so easy. I used TBBM2 cartridge. I want to get some more small flowers like I used in the teabox and decorate the cup with it. Or, I might just cut some flowers and roll them to accent. I was just playing with this one and didn't have time to embellish it yet.

Here is my craft. I crocheted a little wallet type of bag, with crocheted flowers and buttons on it as well. Its about 4"x4.5", but I made it to hold some tea bags and a couple of other little items in it as a gift.

Note -- I can't take full credit for this idea... Christina made me a cute little similar tea wallet last year and sent it to me and I keep it in my big tote.

Susan, do you have a pattern you can share for this? I love the idea!
Sharon

Susan
I usually carry a few teabags and some Sweet 'n Low in my purse. They're just loose and they really get battered around in my bag. This is such an adorable little tea holder! A perfect solution and attractive way to carry teabags. I think you should make hundreds of these and sell them on Ebay or something similar. I'd buy one!

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Originally Posted by StampinGoodDeeds

Here is my craft. I crocheted a little wallet type of bag, with crocheted flowers and buttons on it as well. Its about 4"x4.5", but I made it to hold some tea bags and a couple of other little items in it as a gift.

Note -- I can't take full credit for this idea... Christina made me a cute little similar tea wallet last year and sent it to me and I keep it in my big tote.

I am having green tea with jasmine today. I haven't make a goodie to go with it yet and my tea box craft is strung across the kitchen counter unfinished, as I am watching Sweet P play with paint! While I was posting an earlier comment, she painted her feet! Fun times!

I crocheted a chain of 21, then did rows of single crochet until it was the size I wanted for the wallet (folded over of course). Then for the flap I just did chain 3, and then single crochet connect it skipping one single crochet in the row before, so that it forms the scallop loop. Then I did that across until I reach the end of that row, then turn and two single crochet into the first loop, then chain 3 and connect it with a single crochet into the next loop, etc. across that row, then keep doing that (it decreases each row) until I get the final loop.

Then stitched on two small crocheted flowers and buttons. Stitched up the two sides.

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Originally Posted by smadson

Susan, do you have a pattern you can share for this? I love the idea!
Sharon

Lovely tea box. It reminds me of a vintage box that would be placed in a Victorian sitting room where the ladies would meet for tea. Where did you find the papers? You must have a very specialty focused scrapbook / paper store in your area. I don't think I could find anything like that here in my area.

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Originally Posted by smokiesgal

Here is the inside of the box. Again I used Mod Podge to glue down the papers and seal it. I am pretty happy with how this turned out. I will try and do a video to post on my blog later today.

Susan
I usually carry a few teabags and some Sweet 'n Low in my purse. They're just loose and they really get battered around in my bag. This is such an adorable little tea holder! A perfect solution and attractive way to carry teabags. I think you should make hundreds of these and sell them on Ebay or something similar. I'd buy one!

I decided this time I wouldn't be loading pictures or recipes! I felt I missed so much last time! I got everything ready ahead of time so I could enjoy everyone's projects & "chatter!" Has ANYONE tried this type of "Virtual Tea" on their BLOGS????

I'm not sure how you'd keep up on the chatter thread on it on a blog, but I guess it would work the same pretty much. We fill several pages on here with just a few of us so I can't imagine a blog list!

Lovely tea box. It reminds me of a vintage box that would be placed in a Victorian sitting room where the ladies would meet for tea. Where did you find the papers? You must have a very specialty focused scrapbook / paper store in your area. I don't think I could find anything like that here in my area.

Most of the time I order my papers online from Scrapbook.com or 2 Peas in a Bucket. However, I do have a marvelous scrapbook store about 5 miles from me called SHE scrapbooks. She does specialize in very nice papers or can order them for you. In fact, Tim Holtz will be teaching a class there in 2 weeks and I managed to snag 2 of his classes. I can hardly wait!!!

Dell!
When I say the tiny, thumbnail picture posted I thought it was a real tea cup! Yes, I agree with you, I can see this at a special event with Chocolate pieces in it.

Our local community college has a 'teddy bear tea' as a fund-raiser every year. I think this tea cup at every place setting would be so cute! The teddy bear tea is a mother/daughter event. It is very popular. I now a couple of mothers who have taken their daughters to this for several years in a row.

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Finally, I cut with my Cricut machine and using Teresa Collins paper this cute little paper teacup. I was just experimenting but I can see where I will be making more of these using Christmas papers and placing goodies inside them for gifts!

Dell!
When I say the tiny, thumbnail picture posted I thought it was a real tea cup! Yes, I agree with you, I can see this at a special event with Chocolate pieces in it.

Our local community college has a 'teddy bear tea' as a fund-raiser every year. I think this tea cup at every place setting would be so cute! The teddy bear tea is a mother/daughter event. It is very popular. I now a couple of mothers who have taken their daughters to this for several years in a row.

Oh, that sounds like fun! Yes, you could use these cups to put at every place setting. And, oh btw, not sure if you have a Cricut or not but they have a new cartridge called Teddy Bear!

It was so easy. I used TBBM2 cartridge. I want to get some more small flowers like I used in the teabox and decorate the cup with it. Or, I might just cut some flowers and roll them to accent. I was just playing with this one and didn't have time to embellish it yet.

I love that cup, but don't have that machine. Only just got a big shot!
Sharon

Dell
What cute little gingerbread people. I haven't had or even seen real gingerbread people since I was a young girl (many moons ago). And they are very delicious! I hope you don't mind, I actually had 3, they're small and I couldn't resist.

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Now to share some gingerbread with all of you. Please just take one (or two) cookies and pass along...